Sitting above the beautiful Prospect Mountain in Lancaster, New Hampshire, sits the humble, yet historic retreat of John W. Weeks, a politician whose advocacy for environmental preservation saved much of the land in the surrounding White Mountains region. Weeks, a Lancaster native, became an important figure in both local and national politics in the early 20th-century. Serving as the mayor of Newton, Massachusetts, as well as a representative and senator for the Bay State, Weeks became somewhat of a New England hero thanks to his strong ties to the area…